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Hereafter, this year, in Md. and Virginia, listing only potential "staters" & "year-listers"
and those of special interest to me.FE
May 2, 1979, Great Falls, Virginia, clear, cold, calm, 6:15-8:45a.m. EDST.
Wood Duck White-eyed Vireo La. Waterthrush
Red-shouldered Hawk Yellow-thrtd. Vireo Cerulean Warbler
Spotted Sandpiper Solitary Vireo Yel-brst. Chat
Crested Flycatcher Red-eyd Vireo Hooded Warbler M
Phoebe Philadelphia Vireo Palm Warbler - tree tops, tailwag
Blue Jay flights steady N & NW Warbling Vireo Kirtland Warbler M in decid.treetops
Wood Thrush Blue-wing Warblers-tree tops Yellowthroats
Ruby-crowned Kinglet Golden-winged W. tree tops Kentucky Warbler
Golden-gowned Kinglet Parula Warbler Am. Redstart
Blue-gray Gnatcatcher Ovenbird N & Orthard Orioles Even. Grosbks
May 3, 1979, Mont. Co. Md. Sycamore Ldg Rd. 630-7a.m. Ovc, cool, calm. 3 deer
Canada Goose - pr. House Wren
Bobwhite calling Wood Thrush
Pheasant calling Warbling Vireos
Turkey (sev.) calling Yellowthroats
Barred Owl - 1 ea/ post,River Rd. Meadowlarks Indigo Bunting
7-815 a.m. Hughes Hollow. Clearing, cool, calm. Earl Weiler, wife and Barbs.
Green Herons - 8 or 10, paired? White-eyed Vireo Field Sparrow
Red-shouldered Hawk carrying food Yellow Warblers in willows Tree Sparrow
Osprey - 2, 1 dived, failed Yel-brst. Chat - singing Swamp Sparrow
Common Snipe - 1 Tree Swallows
Black-billed Cuckoo - pr. Purple Finches
825-9 am. Brkn, strong wind gusts, temp. drop. Seneca Cr. @ Riley Lock
Wood Duck F w/ lH very small downies. Fish Crow
Kingfisher - pair chasing around Warbling Vireos - sev in "the tree"
Spotted Sandpiper Red-eyed Vireos Redstarts.
Eastern Kingbird pr. Prothonotary Warb. pr N. Orioles
Phoebes - calling from tree tops. Blk-thrt. Blue Warb.
Rough-winged Swallows Cerulean Warb.
Barn Swallows Parula Warbls.
Bank Swallows - many on wire lines La Waterthrush
May 4, 1979, C&O Canal, Pennyfield-Blockhouse Pt, Mont. Co. Md. 620-845a.m.ovc-sctd-ovc cool
Blue Heron Ruby-throated Hummer Blk-thrt Blue Warb.
Green Herons Hairy Wpkr. La. Waterthrush
Bittern E Kingbird - prs. at river N. Waterthrush
Canada Goose pr Wood Pewee - 1 Kentucky Warbler
Osprey - 2, lw/ small bass Carolina Wren - 1 N. Oriole -1M
Turkeys - several calls to 8a.m Blk & Wh Warbler Orch.Oriole - 2 BH Pt.
Solitary Sandpiper - 1, 2-syll.note Prothonotary W. - 3M Scarlet Tanager - 1
Spotted Sandp. 1, 2, 3, 1, & 1 Yellow Wa bler Indigo Bunting.
Bobolinks in hilly fields along Persimmon Tree Rd near Saunders Lane 9 a.m.
May 5, 1979, Sycamore Rd, Hughes Hollow and C&O, Seneca, Mont. Co.Md,w/ JSGottschalk 630-11)
Red-thrtd Loon, Fimm. above Violets Lock cold and strong winds,clr
Red-shld.Hk at Seneca Yellow-thrtd Warbler - low, Seneca
Osprey - 2 at Hughes, 1 at Violets L. Wilson Warbler - Hughes Hollow -1M
Pileated Wpkr. drilling low on water-soaked snags ,Seneca Scarlet Tanager -2M Seneca
Eastern Bluebirds, River Rd. Field Sp.
Black & White Warbler Chipping Sps.
Worm-eating Warb. among Silver maple samara, Seneca
Prothonotary - 2M